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2021 Underwater Photo Marathon is Open for Entries
The 2021 Underwater Photo Marathon is now accepting entries. The contest is based online and offers categories for Macro, Ambient, Wreck, Fish, Fashion & Creativity, Cave & Cavern, and Video. The deadline for entries is 25 May 2021.
Wetpixel Live: Shark Conservation and UW Image-Makers
Reacting to a recent post and multiple online and physical campaigns about an apparent overturn of the current shark fishing ban in the Maldives, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon sets out the story behind this controversy. It now seems that the comments that provoked the campaign were taken somewhat out of context and the Maldives Majlis remains committed to the shark fishing ban and is in fact strengthening its enforcement of it.
Nauticam Ships Housing for Sony a1
Nauticam is shipping their housing for the Sony a1 mirrorless camera. It has Nauticam’s N100 port system and offers optional fiber optic triggering. It has an M24 bulkhead for HDMI 1.4 and 2.0 out, along with an M14 bulkhead for vacuum or accessories.
Wetpixel Live: Choosing Subjects for Underwater Imagery
A frequent question on the Wetpixel forums and during trips and workshops is how to select good subjects for underwater imagery. Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon sets out to try and give some ideas about how to do so, and discusses how your own photographic goals will rightly affect what you decide to capture and how much time you will invest in a given subject.
Ikelite Housing for Sony a1 and a7S III
Ikelite has announced their 200DL housing for both the Sony Alpha 1 and a7S III cameras. It utilizes the 200DL port system and has an M16 accessory port. It is equipped with a manual strobe triggered and can be fitted with an optional TTL strobe trigger.
Canon Announces RF Mount 100mm Macro Lens
Canon has announced the RF mount 100mm F2.8L MACRO IS USM lens. It offers 1.4 X magnification, has a “Spherical Aberration Control ring, that varies the look of bokeh and has built-in optical stabilization.
Wetpixel Live: Nikonos RS Lenses on Modern Cameras
Adam chats to Harald Hordosch and Esther Boehm of Seacam about Nikonos lenses and how they convert them to work with modern Nikon SLR cameras. They discuss the advantages of water contact optics, how Nikon’s design has stood the test of time, and the process needed to update them to work with modern cameras.
Maldives Affirms Continued Ban on Shark Fishing
Shark Guardians reports that, contrary to many articles and a current campaign, the Maldives does not plan to lift its current ban on shark fishing. This is based on a meeting with Minister Waheed of the Maldives Majlis, within which she stated that the statements that have been widely reported are being quoted out of context.
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